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am I exercising too much with a 4.3 ascending aortic aneurysm?
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Thank you so much for your feed back.. and yes I am trying to pin point the chest pain. It drives me crazy, trying to figure out what is causing it. the Doctors don't want to do more testing because I am a very healthy 60 year old ... expect and aortic aneurysm, that could be life threatening. I am new to this all and still trying to come to grips with it.. it doesn't help when the doc's and nurses give you the standard "don't lift more than 50 lbs" Im 5'2" and 125lbs how is that the same as a 6'2" man of 250 lbs.. doesn't make sense to me.. As does the as much cardio as you are use to guideline.. I am used to Marathons - is that much blood going thru the aorta good for the aneurysm ? no one seems to know.. Any helo is great.
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@kmailloux Hi. I am a 71 year old man diagnosed 8 years ago with an AAA that was 4.4 cm. I am very active and have gradually increased the intensity of my daily walks of about 2 miles walking at a brisk pace. I also lift light weights about 5 times a week gradually having increased the amount. I do lots of squats with no weight and pushups against the kitchen counter. In the gym I bench press using 25-35lb dumbells doing about 10 reps backing off as I begin to strain. I use exercise bands at home as well so I am exercising frequently. In 8 years my aneurysm has not grown at all. I have a CAT scan with contrasting dye to keep track at least once a year but more often lately since I have increased the amount and intensity of the workouts i do.
So I am curious. Here we are 2 and 1/2 years later and I am wondering how you are doing. Have you backed off on your exercise? Has there been any change in the size of your aneurysm? How are you doing? Brian
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I too am a bit dismayed in the lack of more exact precautionary directions, I’m a 6’ 212 lb male with a 4.7 abdominal aortic aneurysm under watch (6mos) and don’t lift over 50 lbs has been the mantra, I’ve even had it as vague as “don’t lift anything heavy “ I was doing an electrical job the other day and leaning forward on a ladder pushing a heavy drill upward through wood, kinda like isometric force and thinking is this ok ? I guess I’ll know at next monitor scan , I think they just use rule of thumb because there’s know way of knowing which straw it will be for each patient , I’m focusing on keeping BP low and weight reduction and I guess after next scan if larger, elimination of all straining activity , I’m sure that will be life after any repair anyway! I’ve been sky diving, kayaking, play golf sad to know a lot will change going forward